Local Sports for Thursday February 10

Tim Nordin's Stratton rink suffered another set back at the Northern Ontario provincial men's curling championship in Thunder Bay

The team lost 8-6 to Joe Scharf of Thunder Bay and 7-1 to David McInness of Englehart to fall to 2 and 5, well back of the leaders.

Nordin faces Mike Assad of Thunder Bay and John Salo of Geraldton today.



A four-goal second period helped the Fort Frances Lakers to a 7-4 win over the Dryden Ice Dogs last night in Dryden.

Josh Scott scored twice with singles from Ryan Wildman, Jaret Leclair, Tyler Stevenson, Henry Gutierrez and Jon Sinclair.




Erick Larson of Atikokan High School picked up a silver medal at the NWOSSA Nordic ski championships in Kenora yesterday.

Larson finished second in the junior boys 5-k event.



Fort Frances Muskies court teams earn three of four wins in games against Kenora's Beaver Brae Broncos yesterday.

The senior boys basketball team won 53-31, the junior boys won 35-25.

The senior girls volleyball team defeated Beaver Brae in four sets while the juniors lost in four.



Rainy River Voyageurs men's basketball team had four players in double digits in scoring in a 91-86 win over Hibbing.

Derek Scully led the way with 19 points.




International Falls Broncos girls hockey team will face Silver Bay tonight to open the Section 7A quarter-finals.

The Broncos have been seeded fifth.

The win advances to play top-ranked Chisago Lakes in next Tuesday's semi-finals.




The Broncos boys hockey team continue regular season play with a home game against the Lake of the Woods Bears.

Game time at Bronco Arena is 7:30 p.m.

The boys basketball team host Greenway - 7:30 p.m. at Falls High School.